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Hamburg

The port city in northern Germany has a population of roughly 1.8 million. A media and industrial hub, it's also known for its Reeperbahn red-light district, football clubs HSV and St Pauli and the Beatles' early career.

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Bundesliga - Bayern München gegen Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport Verein, 10.03.2018

Bundesliga Bulletin: Matchday 26

Bayern did what they do when they host Hamburg, while Bremen may have hammered the final nail in Cologne's coffin.
SportsMarch 12, 2018
Fußball: Bundesliga, Werder Bremen - 1. FC Köln, 26. Spieltag

Bundesliga: Bremen trump Cologne

Bremen gave their survival hopes a boost with three points against Cologne.
SportsMarch 12, 2018
Bayern München - Hamburger SV Bernd Hollerbach

Hamburg sack Bernd Hollerbach

Hamburg have fired their head coach just days after parting ways with their chairman and sporting director.
SportsMarch 12, 2018
Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt

Bundesliga Matchday 26: In Pictures

A rare missed penalty by Robert Lewandowski was among the flashpoints on Matchday 26 in the Bundesliga.
SportsMarch 10, 20189 images
DW euromaxx Upcycling Manufaktur Lockengelöt

Designer upcycling in focus

Two Hamburg designers make egg cups from old skateboards and stylish coffee tables from oil barrels.
LifestyleMarch 10, 201803:54 min
Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz

Scholz ready to control Germany's purse strings

DW takes a look at Hamburg mayor Olaf Scholz's rise in the SPD, and what he might do as head of the Finance Ministry.
PoliticsMarch 9, 2018
Deutschland Fussball 1 Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt vs RB Leipzig

Bundesliga: Dortmund and Frankfurt clash over Europe

The two are level on points and are in the thick of the battle for qualifcation for next season's Champions League.
SportsMarch 9, 2018
DW euromaxx Upcycling Manufaktur Lockengelöt

Lockengelöt’s designer upcycling

Two Hamburg designers make egg cups from old skateboards and stylish coffee tables from oil barrels.
LifestyleMarch 8, 201803:54 min
Hamburger SV - Heribert Bruchhagen und Jens Todt

Bundesliga: Hamburg sack Heribert Bruchhagen, Jens Todt

The move comes with the club looking almost certain to be relegated for the first time in its history.
SportsMarch 8, 2018
Sietas

Germany's oldest shipyard back in business

Natallia Dean has been at the helm of German shipbuilder Sietas since its takeover by Pella Shipyard.
BusinessMarch 8, 201802:37 min
Fußball Bundesliga HSV - Mainz 05

Bundesliga Bulletin: Hamburg plumb new depths

The Bundesliga's longest serving club look more doomed than usual but for Bayern it's a case of when, not if.
SportsMarch 4, 2018
Hamburg's stadium "clock," showing the time the club has been in the Bundesliga without facing relegation. It's ticking on towards 55 years now, but will it get there?

Bundesliga dinosaur HSV stares extinction in face

Despite being the better team, Hamburg failed to win against Mainz, whose reserve goalie shone on his league debut.
SoccerMarch 3, 2018
Ahmad A. in court

Hamburg jihadi knife attacker sentenced to life

A Palestinian man who confessed to a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket has been sentenced to life in prison.
CrimeMarch 1, 2018
Fußball Bundesliga SV Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV 24. Spieltag Tor 1:0

Bundesliga Bulletin: Groundhog Day for Hamburg

Stuttgart, Cologne and Schalke were the big winners on Machday 24 as results shook things up at both ends of the table.
SportsFebruary 26, 2018

Opinion: It is time for Hamburg to accept their fate

James Thorogood
Hamburg are once again battling the drop, but based on recent performances, the second tier is where they belong.
SportsFebruary 24, 2018
Deutschland Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen

Matchday 24: Relegation fight adds spice to Nordderby

The stakes will be higher than usual in Saturday's Nordderby between Hamburg and Werder Bremen.
SportsFebruary 23, 2018
Vasilije Janjicic (Hamburger SV), Saison 2017/2018 Bundesliga: Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen

Hamburg player in drink-drive incident

A player with Bundesliga club Hamburg could face a stretch behind bars following a car accident he allegedly caused.
SportsFebruary 22, 2018
Wunderland Hamburg - Miniatur Venedig

'Miniatur Wunderland' to open little Venice

The lagoon city is the new highlight of the world's largest model railway complex in Hamburg's Speicherstadt.
TravelFebruary 21, 2018
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Felix Jaehn's debut album

Star DJ Felix Jaehn talks to DW about his debut album, and why it took three years to finish.
MusicFebruary 17, 201803:38 min
Warsaw's palace of culture

Poles told to denounce 'anti-Polish' compatriots

Senate leader Stanislaw Karczewski apparently told Poles abroad to report "anti-Polish comments" from other Poles.
SocietyFebruary 15, 2018
Frau und Hamburger

Fast food causes 'infection' in mice

Eicke Latz tells DW what happened inside the bodies of his lab mice when he fed them a Western-style diet.
ScienceFebruary 14, 2018
Deutschland Stadthöfe in Hamburg

Dealing with the Nazi past in a property boom

A row is stirring over a planned public-private memorial to Gestapo victims in Hamburg's luxury quarter.
BusinessFebruary 10, 2018
Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund vs Hamburger SV

Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund hold off Hamburg

BVB do just enough against HSV
SportsFebruary 10, 2018
Iran Teheran Panorama

Connecting Hamburg and Tehran

How architecture is helping to building bridges between Germany and Iran.
CultureFebruary 3, 201809:04 min
A cameraman recording a panel with photos of Hamburg protesters on display

German police look abroad to find G20 rioters

German authorities plan to forward videos and photos of suspected Hamburg G20 rioters to colleagues in Italy and Spain.
CrimeFebruary 2, 2018
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The man with two hearts: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Which roots are stronger? Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, striker at Stoke City, has a German mother and Cameroonian father. Two hearts beat in his chest. Kick off! Life asks: Cameroon or Germany?
SportsFebruary 2, 201807:52 min
Fußball: Bundesliga - Bayern Münschen vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

Bundesliga Matchday 20 in pictures

Bayern survive a scare as Dortmund, Cologne, Frankfurt, Schalke & Leipzig picks up big wins on Matchday 20.
SportsJanuary 27, 20189 images
Band Tocotronic

Tocotronic at 25

Indie rock with depth. The new album by Tocotronic comes as the band marks 25 years in the business.
MusicJanuary 27, 201804:08 min
FC Bayern München - Abflug nach Doha

Bayern rule out Julian Nagelsmann as champions plot revenge

Bayern Munich are looking to make a statement of intent when they face Hoffenheim on Saturday — on and off the field.
SportsJanuary 25, 2018
Fußball Training Hamburger SV mit Bernd Hollerbach

Bernd Hollerbach named Hamburg's new head coach

Hamburg have appointed former player Bernd Hollerbach as Markus Gisdol's successor.
SportsJanuary 22, 2018
HSV-Trainer Markus Gisdol

Hamburg already know new man after Markus Gisdol dismissed

After Markus Gisdol was fired, who will be the new man in the HSV dugout?
SportsJanuary 21, 2018
Symbolbild Armut unter Rentnern Altersarmut

Germany's poor pensioners

The German population has been rapidly ageing for decades, with severe effects on the pension system. Germans are increasingly threatened by poverty in old age and are relying on part-time jobs or food donations to survive.
SocietyJanuary 21, 201812:04 min
1. Bundesliga - Hamburger SV vs FC Köln

Opinion: Simon Terodde is just what Cologne need

Three goals in two games from Simon Terodde have given bottom club Cologne a glimmer of hope.
SportsJanuary 20, 2018
Hamburg's Mariendom

Debt forces closure of Hamburg's Catholic schools

The church is planning to close eight of the 21 Catholic schools it runs in the northern German port city.
ReligionJanuary 19, 2018
1. FC Koeln v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Bundesliga

Bundesliga: Cologne target Hamburg in relegation battle

Cologne have a huge chance to get their season back on track with victory over fellow relegation candidates Hamburg.
SportsJanuary 19, 2018
Old advertisements from Air Berlin

Air Berlin inventory goes to auction in Hamburg

From chocolate hearts to leather seats, Air Berlin fans have thousands of items to bid on.
BusinessJanuary 18, 2018
Identitarian demonstration

Identitarians launch refugee guardian plan

The far-right Identitarian youth movement has called on its members to become guardians for underage refugees.
SocietyJanuary 16, 2018
A prostitute in the red light district in Hamburg

Hamburg's prostitutes too coy to register

Under new rules for the oldest profession, German prostitutes are required to register. Officials think most haven't.
SocietyJanuary 13, 2018
Deutschland Mordprozess nach Messerattacke in Hamburg

Palestinian confesses to Hamburg knife attack

A Palestinian man has confessed to a knife attack at a German supermarket that killed one person and wounded six more.
CrimeJanuary 12, 2018
Mahmud Hashemi Shahroudi in hospital

'Germany should not be a haven for criminals'

Many in Germany were outraged by Iran's Ayatollah Shahroudi stay in the country and filed complaints against him.
PoliticsJanuary 11, 2018
Deutschland Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg

Happy birthday, 'Elphi'!

The Elbphilharmonie concert house, Hamburg's latest landmark, opened on January 11, 2017.
TravelJanuary 11, 2018
Deutschland Fertigstellung Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg

Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie: from delay-ridden project to landmark

The Elbphilharmonie concert house opened on January 11, 2017. It's turned into Hamburg's most prestigious landmark.
MusicJanuary 11, 201812 images
Made in Germany Partner

The cost of companionship: online dating

There are more and more singles, especially in big cities. Online dating sites are booming.
BusinessJanuary 9, 201804:44 min
Hamburger Speicherstadt

The Speicherstadt in Hamburg

TravelJanuary 5, 201801:18 min
Hamburg im Wandel -Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg

Hamburg, the place to be

Hamburg is topping different rankings as a lively city by day and a great place to party at night.
TravelJanuary 3, 2018
Gründerinnen Kleiderei Hamburg

Subscribing to clothes to save the environment

One German company hopes to save the environment — and closet space — by acting as a kind of library for garments.
BusinessJanuary 2, 201802:19 min
Deutschland Kokain in Bananenkisten aus Ecuador

Germany seizes record-breaking amounts of cocaine

Germany had been inundated by a "flood of cocaine," according to a senior law enforcement agent.
CrimeDecember 27, 2017
Hamburg G20 summit

Anger as leftists release photos of police

Conservative German politicians have condemned the publication of photos of 54 police officers accused of brutality.
Law and JusticeDecember 19, 2017
Protesters at the G20

G20: Hamburg police seek help to find riot activists

Officials estimate that up to 6,000 people were involved in the street violence.
PoliticsDecember 18, 2017
Deutschland Hamburg Nneka nigerianische Sängerin

After the Escape: How Nneka Egbuna found a home in music

The German-Nigerian musician granted DW a glimpse into how her life and music span continents.
CultureDecember 18, 2017